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3MSM Health Care Academy offers free CE courses facilitated by 3M Clinical Specialists to help advance your knowledge and improve patient care. To sign up for one of the topics, please connect with your 3M Medical Solutions Representative.

Topics include:

• Identifying, preventing, and managing skin and wound care challenges

• Respiratory protection in healthcare

• Vascular access safe practice

• Minimizing surgical complications

• Improving patient safety through sterilization and cleaning monitoring

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Identify, prevent, and manage skin and wound care challenges.

Wound Care Offerings

Respiratory Protection in Healthcare Offerings

Lower Extremity Wounds and Lymphedema Offerings

Wrapping Up the Challenges of Venous Leg Ulcer Management (Moderate)

CE Earn 1 CE contact hourAt the completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify barriers to healing associated with venous leg ulcers

• Articulate how biofilms inhibit wound healing• Describe the components of optimal

biofilm management• Describe how compression supports the

venous and lymphatic systems

Essentials of Topical Therapy — Principles of Dressing Selection (Basic)


• Utilize a framework of wound bed preparation to guide selection of dressings and skin care products

• Describe main indications for common dressing categories used to fill and cover wounds

• Select appropriate topical therapy for common wound care problems

Helping to Keep You Safe in the Fight Against COVID-19 (Basic)


• Understand the CDC crisis capacity guidance and Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs)

• Describe changes to the fit testing procedure related to the COVID-19 pandemic

• List the steps related to proper donning and doffing techniques

• Identify causes for and prevention of skin injury while wearing respiratory protective devices

Wound Assessment and Documentation (Basic)


• Explain the importance of overall patient assessment to comprehensive wound management

• Describe essential elements of a wound assessment

• Understand assessment elements critical for documentation

Assessment and Management Lower Extremity Venous Ulcers (Basic)


• Define the physiological and biochemical disorders that cause venous leg ulcers

• Identify characteristics of venous leg ulcers (VLU)

• Explain the science behind compression therapy for VLU and the swollen limb

• Describe the key components for management of a patient with a VLU

Dynamics of Compression (Advanced)CE Earn 1 CE contact hour

At the completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Explain the science behind compression therapy for venous leg ulcers (VLUs) and the swollen limb

• Articulate the dynamics of sub-bandage pressures

• Compare and contrast the various compression bandage modalities for managing VLUs

• Describe 2 factors that affect sub-bandage pressure

Sorting it Out: Differential Diagnosis and Management of Lower Extremity Leg Ulcers (Basic)


• Differentiate between arterial, neuropathic and venous leg ulcerations

• Describe appropriate methods of treating lower extremity ulceration

• Identify characteristics of venous leg ulcers• Describe the role of compression in the

management of lower extremity edema

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Patient Positioning and Skin Care for the Perioperative Patient (Moderate)


• Define pressure injuries• Identify risk factors for pressure injury

development in surgical patients• Identify assessment process and tools for

patient risk of positioning and pressure injuries in surgery

• Describe key elements of a pressure injury prevention program

Pressure Injury Assessment and Pressure Injury Staging (Basic)


• Discuss essential criteria needed for wound assessment

• Explain the importance of each wound assessment parameter

• Describe the difference between various pressure injury stages

• Describe the 2019 NPIAP Pressure Injury Classification System

Pressure Injuries. Moving Prevention Forward for the Long-Term Care Resident (Moderate)


• Understand the Quality-of-Care Standard 483.25 (B) Skin integrity and how it relates to pressure injuries in long term care

• Discuss the intent of F-Tag 686• Identify key risk factors for pressure injury

development• Describe key elements of a pressure injury

prevention program

Pressure Injuries — Moving Prevention Forward (Basic)


• Describe the differences between various pressure injury stages

• Identify key risk factors for pressure injury development


Pressure Injury Management (Basic)CE Earn 1 CE contact hour


• Recognize the stages of pressure injuries• Utilize a framework of wound bed

preparation to guide selection of topical therapy and wound edge protection for treating a patient with a pressure injury

• Describe main indications for common dressing categories used to fill and cover wounds

Pressure Injury Offerings

Securement and Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injury (MARSI) Offerings

Skin Protection, Securement and Skin Integrity: Skin Care Considerations for Vascular Access


• Describe the significance of skin damage at vascular access sites

• Explain the mechanism of injury for at least 2 types of Medical-Adhesive Related Skin Injuries (MARSI)

• Describe four key steps for MARSI prevention

MARSI/Patient Safety — The Role of Medical Adhesives (Basic)


• Identify patients at risk for Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injuries (MARSI)

• Choose medical adhesives based on patient characteristics and adhesive technology

• Identify the common causes of impaired skin integrity under medical adhesives

• Articulate interventions to ensure patient safety and maintain skin integrity when using medical adhesives

Health Care-Acquired Skin Damage: Beyond the Basics


• Articulate key risk factors for development of healthcare-acquired skin damage and why consideration of risk is important

• Compare current prevention and treatment options for skin damage

• Describe an innovative new technology for skin protection

Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis: Beyond the Basics


• Compare the assessment findings typical of Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis (IAD) versus pressure injury

• Describe essential interventions to prevent IAD

• Explain how treatment of IAD differs from interventions for prevention

Skin Integrity Offerings

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: Beyond the Basics (Basic)


• Recognize the Stages of Wound Healing• Define Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

(NPWT)• Describe Indications, Contraindications,

Warnings, and Mechanisms of Action • Understand Application/Removal Techniques• Explain Alarms, Troubleshooting, and Patient

Education • Identify NPWTi-d, ciNPWT, Open Abdomen

NPWT, and dNPWT

Management of the Open Abdomen (Advanced)


• Define the Open Abdomen • Verbalize factors that lead to an Open

Abdomen• Understand Trauma vs. Non-Trauma

conditions • Caring for a patient with an Open Abdomen• Temporary Abdominal Closure Techniques• Management of the Open Abdomen• Assessment for Closure

When Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Alone is Not Enough (Moderate)


• Understand the history of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)

• Define NPWT with Instillation (NPWTi-d)• Summarize Global Guidelines &

Recommendations• Review NPWT with Instillation Meta-Analysis• Identify key features and benefits of NPWT

with Instillation (NPWTi-d)

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Offerings

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Vascular Access Safe Practice Offerings

Preventing Bloodstream Infections in the Dialysis Patient: Addressing Intraluminal and Extraluminal Catheter Contamination


• Identify sources of contamination that can lead to bloodstream infection

• Describe recommended practices and evidence-based interventions for dialysis catheter maintenance to reduce BSI risk

• Discuss clinical challenges in the dialysis environment that are associated with catheter maintenance that can impact outcomes

• Identify solutions to address these challenges and clinical studies that support these solutions

Addressing Clinical Challenges with Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Complications


• Describe the incidence and impact of PIVC complications

• Identify insertion and maintenance practices which can lead to PIVC complications

• Describe recommended practices and evidence-based interventions for catheter maintenance to reduce PIVC complications

• Identify guidelines and clinical studies that support these practices

Clinically Indicated Peripheral Vascular Access Care and Maintenance: Addressing Current Standards with Evidence-Based Practice

CE Earn 1 CE contact hour At the completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify current clinical standards addressing peripheral vascular care

• Discuss clinical challenges associated with peripheral catheter maintenance that can impact outcomes

• Describe recommended practices and evidence-based interventions for peripheral catheter maintenance

• Identify potential solutions to address these challenges and clinical studies that support these solutions

Bloodstream Infection: Addressing Clinical Challenges with Catheter Maintenance

CE Earn 1–2 CE contact hours based on length of course. Work with your Clinical Specialist to design a course that focuses on intraluminal sources of contamination, extraluminal sources of contamination, or both.At the completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify sources of contamination that can lead to BSI

• Describe recommended practices and evidence-based interventions for catheter maintenance to reduce BSI risk

• Discuss clinical challenges associated with catheter maintenance that can impact outcomes

• Identify solutions to address these challenges and clinical studies that support these solutions

The Clinical Audit Data Cycle: The Good, The Truth, The Unknown…


• Explain how auditing helps to maintain and improve quality

• Identify steps for setting up and conducting a clinical audit

• Provide considerations for sharing audit findings

• Describe action items based on audit results

Precautions and PPE Considerations for Vascular Access During COVID-19

CE Earn 1 CE contact hour At the completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the differences between standard and transmission-based precautions

• List common procedures that produce high concentrations of airborne particles

• Understand the differences between types of respiratory protection

• Identify PPE selection considerations for working with COVID-19 patients

The Science of Securement and Clinical Considerations

CE Earn 1–2 CE contact hours based on length of course.


• Identify clinical complications related to inadequate securement

• Summarize best practices related to vascular access securement

• Describe common adhesive properties• Explain basic principles of securement• Identify signs of Medical Adhesive-Related

Skin Injury (MARSI) and interventions to prevent it

Vascular access safe practice.

Site Protection, Securement and Skin Integrity: Skin Care Considerations for Vascular Access


• Describe the significance of skin damage at vascular access sites

• Explain the mechanism of injury for at least 2 types of MARSI

• Describe four key steps for MARSI prevention

Building on the Bundle: An Update on Strategies to Help Prevent Bloodstream Infections in the Acute Care Setting


• Summarize how bacteria on the skin and nares can cause blood stream and surgical site infections

• Explain the CDC core strategies to prevent hospital-onset Staphylococcus aureus infections in acute care facilities

• Appraise recent published research for universal decolonization

• Discuss the benefits of adding universal decolonization to an infection prevention bundle to help prevent blood stream infections

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Addressing Infection Risk Offerings

Critical Issues in Sterilization for the Infection Preventionist


• Discuss issues related to immediate-use steam sterilization

• Describe current recommended practices for sterilization process monitoring

• Develop questions to ask when doing rounds in sterile processing

Hand Hygiene in the Patient Care Setting: Where are We and Where are We Headed?


• Review the objectives of hand hygiene compliance

• Review findings of current literature, projects and success

• Describe WHO and TJC observation strategies• Discuss multi-modal strategies for success• Identify tools to aid compliance

and sustainability• Evaluate several new technologies

for monitoring compliance

Verification of Environmental Cleaning and the Impact on Patient Safety


• Review the fundamentals of cleaning verification

• Compare the different strategies for verifying environmental cleaning

• Summarize industry recommendations for environmental cleaning verification

• Analyze the evidence that cleaning verification impacts patient safety

Skin Protection Offerings

MARSI/Patient Safety — The Role of Medical Adhesives


• Understand incidence of patients with fragile skin and identify risk factors associated with use of medical adhesive (MARSI)

• Understand the different adhesive technologies and be able to apply patient characteristics and technical knowledge to choosing a tape

• Demonstrate how to reduce the risk of skin damage by using good techniques to apply and remove tape and transparent adhesive dressings

• Troubleshoot the common causes of impaired skin integrity under medical adhesives

Safe Securement to Skin for the Dialysis Patient: Thinking Differently About Medical Tape and its Impact on Care


• Describe current perceptions of medical tape and factors that influence its use

• Identify common types of medical tape, adhesive differences and how science is contributing to adhesive innovation and quality

• Explain the importance of proper tape selection and use

• Discuss how thinking about tape differently can impact outcomes

Reducing Alarm Fatigue/Poor Trace Quality Offerings

Optimizing Trace Quality with ECG Monitoring


• Discuss the basic anatomy and physiology of the heart

• Describe the conductive system of the heart• Identify various factors that impact the

quality of ECG tracings• Describe the fundamental relationship

of the electrophysiology of the skin interface with disposable ECG electrode

• List the clinical considerations related to optimal electrode use

• Identify the benefits of standardizing ECG electrodes throughout a healthcare facility

Reducing ECG Monitoring Alarms by Improving Trace Quality


• Describe alarm fatigue, a patient safety concern

• Identify various factors that impact ECG trace quality

• Describe the relationship of the skin/electrode interface

• Explain how proper electrode application technique reduces nuisance alarms

Safe Securement Offerings

Safe Securement to Skin for the Dialysis Patient: Thinking Differently About Medical Tape and Its Impact on Care


• Describe current perceptions of medical tape and factors that influence its use

• Identify common types of medical tape, adhesive differences and how science is contributing to adhesive innovation and quality

• Explain the importance of proper tape selection and use

• Discuss how thinking about tape differently can impact outcomes

The Science of Securement and Clinical Considerations


• Identify clinical complications related to inadequate securement

• Summarize best practices related to vascular access securement

• Describe common adhesive properties• Explain basic principles of securement• Identify signs of Medical Adhesive-Related

Skin Injury (MARSI) and interventions to prevent it

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Temperature Management Offerings

Perioperative Normothermia Recommendations and Guidelines — Focus on ERAS


• Describe how healthcare guidelines are created

• Identify professional organizations that provide guidelines and recommendations regarding perioperative normothermia

• Explain the content of various perioperative normothermia guidelines

• Explain ERAS Guidelines that focus on normothermia maintenance and prevention of hypothermia

Managing and Maintaining Normothermia: The Cardiovascular Patient


• Review normothermia and thermoregulation• Describe unintended perioperative

hypothermia; causes and consequences• Discuss solutions to prevent unintended

hypothermia and maintenance of normothermia during cardiovascular surgery: off-pump, on-pump

• Describe temperature afterdrop; causes and consequences

• Review the role of peripheral warming in the preventing temperature afterdrop

Getting to the Core: Considerations for Perioperative Temperature Monitoring


• Discuss the importance of monitoring core body temperature in perioperative patients

• Identify methods of monitoring body temperature during the perioperative journey and the benefits and drawbacks associated with each method

• Describe zero-heat-flux technology and summarize associated clinical studies

• Outline guidelines and recommended practices for perioperative temperature monitoring

Unintended Hypothermia: The Importance of Maintaining Normothermia


• Explain how the body’s thermoregulation system works

• Define unintended perioperativehypothermia• Define and explain the principal mechanisms

of heat loss in the surgical patient• Identify adverse patient outcomes associated

with unintended perioperative hypothermia• Identify areas where cost savings can be

recognized by maintaining normothermia• Review the effectiveness of currently

available warming modalities• Explain the benefit of prewarming to

help prevent unintended perioperative hypothermia

Managing and Maintaining Normothermia: The Trauma Patient


• Define normothermia and thermoregulation• Describe trauma in United States• Describe unintended hypothermia

associated with trauma: causes and consequences

• Identify solutions to prevent unintended hypothermia and maintenance of normothermia in trauma

Prewarming: Maintaining Normothermia from the Start



• Define unintended perioperative hypothermia• Identify adverse patient outcomes associated

with unintended perioperative hypothermia• Explain the definition of prewarming and

associated clinical studies• Explain why prewarming is beneficial in

the prevention of unintended perioperative hypothermia

• Identify practice guidelines citing normothermia

Minimize surgical complications.

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Periop Patient Preparation Offerings

Reducing the Risk of Surgical Site Infections: What are We Missing?


• Explain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) conceptual formula for surgical site infection (SSI) risk in relation to patient and process variables

• Describe the purpose of a perioperative bundle

• Discuss interventions in preparation of the patient for surgery that will reduce the risk of SSI

• Identify relevant clinical studies that support these measures

Every Touchpoint Counts: Surgical Site Infection Risk Reduction


• Identify the many patient touchpoints throughout the journey

• Discuss the pathophysiological factors of SSIs• Describe at least 3 key risk factors for SSI • Explain at least 3 actions to reduce risk of SSI

Return to Surgery With Confidence: PPE and the OR Team


• Discuss PPE considerations and challenges in surgery in the COVID-19 environment

• Define Aerosol Generating Procedures (AGPs) and their impact in surgery in the COVID-19 environment

• Examine differences between respiratory protection options and respiratory and eye protection selection scenarios

• Review proper (Re)Donning and (Re)Doffing Techniques

• Describe skin safety related to PPE use

The High Stakes of SSIs: Do You Have Skin in the Game?


• Examine the relationship between microbial cells and human cells

• Recognize the financial and personal impact of surgical site infections (SSIs)

• Explain the CDC’s conceptual formula for SSI risk in relation to patient and process variables

• Describe the considerations for surgical skin prep selection

• Discuss the importance of creating a sterile surface to help manage the risk of SSIs

Think Skin Deeper: Preventing OR Complications


• Describe the structure and function of the skin and its relation to health and disease

• Identify at least 3 preventable OR complications

• Discuss at least 3 preventative strategies to reduce OR complications

• Explain how looking deeper than the surface can protect the patient from complications

Patient Positioning and Skin Care for the Perioperative Patient


• Define pressure injuries• Identify risk factors for pressure injury

development in surgical patients• Identify assessment process and tools for

patient risk of positioning and pressure injuries in surgery


Mysteries of the OR UnveiledCE Earn 1 CE contact hour


• Explain the physical layout of surgery department in relation to zones

• Describe proper OR attire• Describe proper etiquette required

of a visitor in the operating room• Define perioperative roles and

responsibilities• Review the perioperative process and

pertinent audits for specific locations• Describe the fundamentals of sterile

technique

Nasal Colonization and Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Risk


• Describe how nasal carriage of Staphylococcus Aureus relates to SSI

• Identify relevant clinical studies related to preoperatively reducing bacteria in the nose

• Describe guidelines and recommended practices that support nasal intervention

Managing the Risk of Surgical Site Infections: Topical Antiseptics


• Define healthcare-acquired infection • Discuss the impact of surgical site

infections (SSIs) • Discuss how the nasal carriage of

Staphylococcus Aureus and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) can impact the risk of SSIs

• Discuss three means of reducing the bacterial load on skin and nares prior to surgical procedures

• Describe the guidelines that support each indication

Ambulatory Surgery Offerings

Maintaining Normothermia and Prewarming in the Ambulatory Surgery Patient



• Define unintended perioperative hypothermia• Identify several adverse patient outcomes related

to hypothermia in the perioperative period• Explain how hypothermia can occur in the

Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) patient• Explain why prewarming is beneficial in

the prevention of unintended perioperative hypothermia

• Identify practice guidelines citing normothermia• Identify some warming interventions that may

assist with ASC-13 compliance

SSI Reduction in the Ambulatory Surgery Center


• Describe interventions in preparation of the patient for surgery that will reduce the risk of surgical site infection (SSI)

• Describe patient protocols that will help reduce the risk of SSI

• Identify relevant clinical studies and guidelines supporting each protocol

Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting


• List the opportunities for hand hygiene compliance

• Describe the WHO “5 Moments” hand hygiene• Describe when hands must be washed with

soap and water• List four obstacles to hand hygiene compliance

in the OR and describe improvement strategies• Discuss multi-modal strategies for success

Hand Hygiene & Surgical Hand Antisepsis Offerings

Hand Hygiene in the Patient Care Setting: Where are We and Where are We Headed?


• Review the objectives of hand hygiene compliance• Review findings of current literature, projects

and success• Describe WHO and TJC observation strategies• Discuss multi-modal strategies for success• Identify tools to aid compliance and sustainability• Evaluate several new technologies for

monitoring compliance

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Improve patient safety through sterilization and cleaning monitoring.

Hospital Hygiene CE Program Offerings

A Tour of AAMI ST91:2015CE Earn 0.5 CE contact hour


• Describe the topics covered in the AAMI ST91:2015 document

• Understand why the document was written

Improving the Standard of Care for Flexible Endoscopes


• Summarize the risk of endoscope-associated infections (EAIs) due to improper endoscope reprocessing

• Review the key steps of flexible endoscope reprocessing

• Describe the elements of a Quality Control program for endoscope reprocessing, including cleaning monitoring and endoscope culturing

• Discuss the latest recommendations regarding sterilization of endoscopes

Utilizing ATP for Quantitative Cleaning Verification Testing in the CSPD


• Describe the recommendations around quantitative cleaning verification testing in the CSPD

• Determine how to choose which surgical instruments to include in quantitative cleaning verification testing

• Discuss one method of establishing a facility baseline of surgical instrument cleanliness to inform further quality assurance projects

• Understand how to implement an ongoing routine cleaning verification program in the CSPD

Biofilm: The Hidden MenaceCE Earn 1 CE contact hour


• List the various types of biofilms and describe how they are formed

• Discuss how biofilm formation increases the risk of disease transmission

• Identify those instruments and devices that are most prone to biofilm formation

• Explain why biofilm is so difficult to remove from surfaces

• Compare the different methods for the control and removal of biofilm formation on surgical instruments and medical devices

Cleaning Monitoring for Flexible Endoscopes — What You Need to Know Now!


• Understand why cleaning monitoring is an important Quality Control tool

• Review the fundamentals of cleaning verification and identify common universal cleanliness markers

• Describe the methods used to monitor cleaning efficacy and the steps to implement a successful program

Verification of Environmental Cleaning and the Impact on Patient Safety


• Review the fundamentals of cleaning verification

• Compare the different strategies for verifying environmental cleaning

• Summarize industry recommendations for environmental cleaning verification

• Analyze the evidence that cleaning verification impacts patient safety

Mitigating the Risk of Cross-contamination in Today’s Complex Clinical Environment


• Describe challenges in the current clinical environment that may increase the risk of cross-contamination

• Identify potential contamination risks that can be overlooked in the complex care environment

• Discuss current guidelines and recommended best practices, and identify solutions to reduce the risk of cross-contamination

Cleaning Monitoring for Surgical Instruments


• Review literature discussing the need and path for instrument cleaning monitoring

• Identify the science and recommendations around quantitative cleaning verification testing in the CSPD

• Describe how to select which surgical instruments to include in quantitative cleaning verification testing

• Discuss a method establishing and implementing a facility baseline of surgical instrument cleanliness to inform further quality assurance projects

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Instrument Reprocessing CE Program Offerings

Immediate Use Steam SterilizationCE Earn 0.5 CE contact hour


• Define IUSS• Review AORN and AAMI recommended

practices• Discuss hot-topics related to IUSS

An Overview of Ethylene Oxide Sterilization


• Understand Fundamentals of the Ethylene Oxide (EO) Sterilization Process

• Identify the OSHA and EPA regulations related to EO

• Apply the EO Sterilization Process Monitoring Recommendations

Are They Really That Different? A Comparative Analysis of Steam vs. Hydrogen Peroxide Sterilization in Healthcare Today


• Examine the goal of sterilization and how sterilization is assured in healthcare facilities

• Compare differences between steam sterilization and vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VH2O2) monitoring tools

• Discuss differences between FDA guidelines, AAMI and ISO standards, and AORN recommendations for steam and VH2O2 monitoring tools

• Review chemical indicators (Cis) cleared by the U.S. FDA for monitoring VH2O2 sterilization in healthcare facilities

Critical Thinking: Developing Strengths in Your Team to Enhance Performance


• Define critical thinking as it relates to the sterile processing workplace and team

• Identify the characteristics of a critical thinking team member

• Look at several tools, simple to advanced that can help develop critical thinking skills

• Review the key components of critical thinking and engaging your teams

New Tools for Your VH2O2 Sterilization Tool-Box!


• Review today’s options available for vaporized hydrogen peroxide sterilization available to health care facilities

• Examine the basic chemistry of vaporized hydrogen peroxide sterilization

• Recognize and understand the VH2O2 sterilant levels reported on your sterilizer cycle printouts

• Review today’s options available for monitoring vaporized hydrogen peroxide sterilization processes

• Identify clinical practices that can adversely affect the outcome of vaporized hydrogen peroxide sterilization in health care facilities

Steam Sterilization Monitoring BasicsCE Earn 1 CE contact hour


• Define Immediate-Use Steam Sterilization• Describe routine load release for

non-implants and implants• Describe recommended practices for

routine sterilizer efficacy testing and qualification testing

It’s Survey Time! Preparing for a TJC or CMS Accreditation Survey


• Discuss the rational and focus of a healthcare accreditation survey process

• Discuss the latest requirements from TJC and CMS specifically relating to reprocessing of medical devices

• Describe key published standards and recommended practices for safe and effective reprocessing of reusable patient care items

• Explain how healthcare facilities prepare for a successful accreditation survey

Steam Sterilization Quality Control Checkup


• Review current AAMI and AORN recommended practices for quality control monitoring of steam sterilization processes

• Describe the Joint Commissions’ new scoring around sterilization processes and Standard IC 02.02.01

• Discuss troubleshooting steam sterilization process failures

Sterilization Quality Control for the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)


• Review sterilization modalities typically used in the ASC setting

• Describe available sterilization monitoring tools

• Discuss current guidelines and recommended practices for quality control monitoring of steam and vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VH2O2) processes

The Science of Speed: Understanding Today’s Rapid Readout Biological Indicators


• Review how biological indicators (BIs) work• Describe how rapid readout biological

indicators work• Discuss recommended practices for use

of biological indicators

What is Happening Inside that Magic Box? Fundamentals of Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Sterilization in Health Care Facilities


• Identify options for vaporized hydrogen peroxide sterilization available to health care facilities

• Recognize significant variables that effect vaporized hydrogen peroxide sterilization in health care facilities

• Describe quality assurance procedures for vaporized hydrogen peroxide sterilizers in health care facilities

Sterilization — Test Your Knowledge Workshop aka Jeopardy (1st Ed)


• Describe how to correctly use available monitoring tools

• Describe how to routinely release loads with and without implants

• Describe how to perform routine sterilizer efficacy and sterilizer qualification testing

• Describe the role of various healthcare agencies and governing bodies

• Discuss current issues related to sterile processing

• Describe sterilization processing methods

Sterilization — Test Your Knowledge Workshop aka Jeopardy (2nd Ed)


• Describe the role of agencies, standards bodies, and professional organizations relevant to the sterile processing profession

• Review updated regulations and standards pertinent to sterile processing

• Discuss the clinical implications of these new regulations and recommended practices

Sterilization — Test Your Knowledge: Medical Device Processing Standards and Guidelines aka Jeopardy (3rd Ed)


• Review current guidelines and standards pertinent to safe and effective processing of reusable medical devices

• Discuss the rationale for healthcare accreditation surveys and how sterile processing departments can prepare

• Discuss sterile processing “hot topics”

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